DoTALINE ELIZABETH ALLEN, Director of the Division of Nursing Education and Associate Professor of Nursing Education. Faculty members in other schools and departments of the University collaborate by teaching courses, in their respective fields, which are required of students in the Division of Nursing Education. The Division of Nursing Education, in the School of Education, offers nursing curricula for graduate nurses leading to the Bachelor of Science in General Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, and Master of Science in Nursing Education degrees.
All courses (general education and nursing education) completed at the Indianapolis Downtown Center will count toward credit toward degree residency requirements, provided students are enrolled in the Division of Nursing Education. At present, the Department of Nursing Education is a separate department in the School of Education and has the same autonomy as departments in other schools of the university. The Advisory Committee for the Department of Nursing Education is composed of representatives from nursing and related organizations, institutions and agencies.
The committee serves to interpret the programs of the Department of Nursing Education to interested groups and to assist the faculty in better identifying and meeting nursing needs. At the time of transfer to the approved list of this service (1949), the Department of Nursing Education was a member of the Association of Colleges of Nursing and accredited by the National Organization for Nursing. All Nursing Education students pay $6 for exams the first semester they are enrolled in the Department of Nursing Education.
Application for field education must be made on a form obtainable from the Office of the Division of Nursing Education.
Requirements for the Various Undergraduate Curricula
D1v1s10N OF NURSING EDUCATION 11 Students who do not complete their programs within six years will have their work reevaluated in relation to the existing program and may be required to take additional courses to meet the requirements. Nursing education courses taken at another approved college or university will be evaluated on an individual basis. At least two-thirds to three-quarters of the major must be taken at Indiana University.
All students are required to take the National League for Nursing Qualified Nurse Examination the first semester they are enrolled for residency credit in the Department of Nursing Education. Students may be required to make up deficiencies in the clinical areas indicated on this exam. The following courses may be substituted or the student may choose other courses in history with the permission of the director .-.f the department of nursing education: History HI03 or HI04, History of Western European Civilization I-II, 3-3 credits; History H106, American History: General Course II, 3 credits.
Residency requirement that at least thirty of the last sixty semester hours of university work (or fifteen of the last sixty hours in the case of students who have already completed sixty hours on campus) be taken on campus in Bloomington or Indianapolis. Center of the city. Nine semester hours in approved courses may be taken by correspondence and counted toward the degree. Completion of one of the curricula described on the following pages, or of an approved program designed to meet the special needs of the individual student.
An average of one credit point for each academic credit hour taken; an average of one credit point for each credit hour in all professional courses taken; and a grade of C or better in each field course in the curriculum followed. Completion of the qualified nurse exam during the first thirteen semester hours of work at the residency (see section on general requirements, page 10). This curriculum is designed to enrich the background of graduates of nursing schools and enhance the ability to provide professional quality nursing care in the hospital and in entry-level public health care positions.
34;Completion of this program provides the basis for graduate study in the specialized fields of teaching, administration, and clinical nursing;. Required of all General Nursing Curriculum students and Arca II students. DEPARTMENT OF NURSING EDUCATION 13 therefore, recent graduates of the Basic Graduate School of Nursing are advised to follow this curriculum.
AREA I. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING HOSPITAL NURS- ING SERVICE PERSONNEL
Students who have not had psychiatric nursing clinical experience may be required to participate in related supervised laboratory experience before graduation. This curriculum is designed to prepare nurses to function as a supervisor in a hospital nursing unit. The following courses may be substituted, or the student may select another science course with the approval of the Director of the Nursing Department: Physiology Pl04, Basic Physiology, 5 credits; or Anatomy A210, Basic Human Anatomy, 5 credits.
Requirements Graduate
Students taking courses at the downtown Indianapolis Center must be registered with the Division of Nursing Education as well as with the University in order to receive residency credit. Completion of a total of thirty semester hours in graduate courses at Indiana University, which is equivalent to two semesters of full-time residency studies. A minimum of fifteen semester hours in graduate courses, which may include the thesis, must be taken in residence on the Bloomington campus or the Indianapolis Downtown Center.
This decision applies to all students who apply for admission to the department of nursing education after September 1949. In special cases, master's work taken at another institution may be applied towards this degree after approval by the director of the department of nursing education. Completion of a program of study from one of the teaching areas described on the following pages, or of an approved program designed to meet the particular needs of the individual student.
When approved, three bound copies of the thesis, typed or typed, must be filed in the Office of the Division of Nursing Education no later than thirty days before the date on which the candidate expects to receive the degree. Completion of degree work within a period of five calendar years after enrollment in graduate work. Demonstration of a personality suitable for nursing and a reasonable maturity of attitude towards nursing, which will contribute to success in the field of choice.
A minimum of fifteen semester hours in graduate courses must be taken in residence on the Bloomington campus or at the Downtown Indianapolis Center. With the approval of the Director of the Division of Nursing Education, a maximum of seven and a half semester hours of graduate work completed at another institution may be applied to this degree. A maximum of five semester hours in approved undergraduate courses may be taken and applied toward the requirements for this degree.
A student whose graduation work is not satisfactory may be asked to discontinue work on the master's program at any time. The completion of a curriculum from one of the instructional areas described on the following pages, or from an approved program designed to meet the specific needs of the individual student. Completion of work for the degree within a period of six calendar years after registration for graduate work.
AREA III. CURRICULA FOR PREPARING SCHOOL OF NURSING PERSONNEL
This curriculum is designed to prepare qualified nurses to function as directors or assistant directors of hospital or institutional nursing departments. This curriculum is designed to prepare instructors in nursing arts, psychiatric nursing, medical-surgical nursing, or maternity-pediatric nursing. Nursing arts instructors are advised to take the clinical concentration in medical-surgical nursing.
CURRICULA FOR PREPARING CLINICAL NURS- ING PERSONNEL
This curriculum is designed to prepare graduate nurses in advanced medical-surgical nursing by further developing skills and understanding in this area.
Suggested Electives for All Areas
Consideration of basic principles, functions, methods and problems associated with administration in a clinical unit of a hospital nursing unit. Each student has the opportunity to work on an administrative problem in a clinical department of a hospital nursing department. An investigation into the objectives, organization and financial problems of the modern hospital, with an emphasis on the hospital as part of the community program and the place of the nursing staff in the hospital organization.
Designed to give the student, through supervised observation and participation, experience in teaching in a school of nursing. An overview of psychiatric nursing with an exploration of nursing service needs, source material and principles of nursing in psychiatry. Includes principles and methods of teaching, objectives of teaching, inventory of the teaching situation and the learner, importance of philosophy of education, lesson and unit planning, clinical teaching, evaluation of teaching, and qualifications of teachers.
A working conference on supervisory practices in public health nursing, including an overview of the underlying philosophy and principles, as well as supervision techniques. The role of community agencies in guiding and maintaining family health is included. A study of the fundamental principles and methods of personnel administration and guidance useful to teachers and administrators in schools of nursing.
Designed to assist the qualified nurse in preparing for a position as dean, director, or assistant director in a school of nursing. The opportunity is given to the student preparing for a position as a dean, director or assistant director in a nursing school to work on problems related to administration in nursing schools. Experience in all phases of the maternity cycle, care of newborns, premature infants and sick infants and children is anticipated.
Includes ongoing work in a selected field under supervision with a view to developing additional competencies in psychiatric nursing. A student who is nearing the end of the formal preparation works in the field under supervision in an appropriate block of 1.ime, with the aim of developing competencies in psychiatric nursing. An intensive study of a problem in nursing leading to the development of an acceptable thesis.
